CLEVELAND: THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE…
April 12th, 2013We can dream can’t we…?

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The real writer is one who really writes. Talent is an invention like phlogiston after the fact of fire. Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved. -- Marge Piercy, For the young who want to in The Moon Is Always Female. Take an ax to the prison wall. Escape. Walk out like someone suddenly born into color. Do it now. -- Rumi, Quietness |
I’ve been enjoying Xkcd for several years, but somehow I missed the offshoot What If? which answers hypothetical questions about physics every Tuesday. This week the question is: If every person on Earth aimed a laser pointer at the Moon at the same time, would it change color? Previous questions include: What if a rainstorm [...]
My hometown and Cincinnati both end up in the left and right leg holes. Go figure…
Yes, the process of Going Up From Egypt can be this simple…
Yes, there actually is real research for this (see note for pages 32-33)…
*In the mouse-over footnote XKCD notes: Not to be confused with “making money selling this stuff to OTHER people who think it works,” which corporate accountants and actuaries have zero problems with.
[Update @ 1807: Dang, this didn't take long...] And then on the macro level…